Footwear



Nov. 5, 1929. L. H. BARONE 1,734,846

' v FOOTWEAR Filed oop. 15', 192s INVENTOIR- L I Uls HECTOR BARONE MMM UNITED ST''ES FTENTNFFICE, i

Luis irscfron BARONE, or BUnNos Arnns, ARGENTINA' Y FOOTWEAR i Application filed October 15, 1928. Serial No. 312,686.

The present invention has reference to a new type of shoe and hasas its object the making of a shoe in attached to the uppers which the welt is and to the sole by means of nails or clips instead of by sewing, as is the usual method.

iis will be explained plication of this idea hereinafter, the apto the manufacture of shoes cari-ies many advantages and particularly so when applie d to the manufacture of the type .of shoe generally known as sandals ln order that this invention may be clearly understooL and easily use, it has been illustr put into practical ated by way of eX- ainple in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure l is the side View of a shoe in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the said shoe taken through its toe,

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are the Joint between the upper,

shoe invention with the secviews of and welt of my broken cross-section sole,

tions taken through the toe of the shoe.

ln order to make matters as clear as possible,

In the the nails are shown by dotted lines.

five views shown, equivalent or corresponding parts are indicated by the same numbers.

The welt 2 is fitted to the outer side of the shoe l and in the said welt 2, the nails 3 or clips are inserted, with their points pointing in the direction of the under side of the sole and in such hold together the welt the sole 5.

a manner that they 2, the uppers 4 and The nail heads or clips may be left uncovered or may be hidden and various methods may be adopted in obtain this object.

The nail heads may be the welt would be applied practice in order to hidden, for example,

employing a welt -dou'ble the ordinary nails. In this case,

with the flesh side of the leather uppermost, so that when the welt is turned back upon itself, the grain side of the leather will show.

rlhe welt may also be in order to obtain simi split alo-ng its length lar results as shown in Figures 3, 4, and 5. According to the method shown in these figures the welt may be split along its length either on its outside edge or its inside edge or the split may be made at an angle toand lengthwise with the top of the welt, in each' case forming a top 'liap a, which may be folded down and cemented over the heads of the nails or clips in order to conceal them. y

Another method by which the nail heads or clips may be hidden `is by the application of `a second or the one which is nailed, the said covering welt being stuck on or attached in anyY other suitable manner.

Similarly the nail heads or clips maybe hidden by embedding them deeply in the welt and afterwards applying over these some of Athe various special preparations which are manufactured for thisclass of work. Y

Some of the most important advantages of this new method of` manufacturing shoes are set forth in the following instances Considerably fewer nails, or clips are requiredl in this new method for attaching the uppers to the soles, thus economizing both material and machinery;V furthermore, as this operation is of a very simple nature,

it is unnecesary to employ expert labour, i

thus considerable economy in wages is effected.

Anotherl advantage of this new method lies in the fact that it is unncessary to keep the last in the shoe during the whole course i covering welt on top of i in the fact that, as there is no l aine ground. This disadvantage is entirely eliminated in the new method with the added advantage to the consume-r in that the sole may be Worn right through its entire thickness without becoming detached, owing to the fact:` that the nails or clips are inserted with their points in the direction of the under part of the sole. Furthermore, no nails or clips being on the inside of the shoe, these cannot by any means come in Contact with the foot at any time'.

This new type of shoe permits the use of any class of material, both for uppers or for soles; thus either tanned-or raw hides, woven materials of any description, soles of different libres suchas ,plaited jute and the like be used., This new method may be used in the manufacture of shoes ofany type, price or quality.

It is-evident that ,in the present new meth- 0d for manufacturing shoes, certain details may bemodiied without this necessarily 'altering'the principles of this invention, which are clearly set forth in the following claim.

Although I have shown the lsole of my Y shoefto be made lof a single thickness it is obvious-that thesolemay be ,made of a number of thickness secured together in any suitable manner;

Having now particularly described and ascertainedthe nature of my said invention and in whatmannerthe same is to beperformed, 'I declar'ethat what I claim is In fa shoe, a sole, an upper, the edge `of said upper being 'out-turned adjacent the sole, a welt lying on said out-turned edge, said Iwelt being split lengthwise'to form a -top` flap, securing means passing through said welt, upper andsole, the upper surface of said securing 'means .being covered by sadfiap.

In-testimony whereof Iaflix my signature.

Y LUIS 'HEGTOR BARONE. 

